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Reviews
Tongue in Cheek – The Funny Side of Life
Title : Tongue in Cheek - The Funny Side of Life
Author : Khyrunnisa A
Genre : Humour
Publisher : Tranquebar
Have you ever revisited any incident in your life and felt funny about that? Khyrunnisa here take...
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Tiny Treasures
Title : Tiny Treasures
Author : Zeyd Ladha
Genre : Children’s fiction
Publisher : Elira Publishing House
Zeyd’s snippets of motivation have always been an interesting read. When I heard about a children’s book from him, I knew...
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Warlord of Ayodhya – Resurrection
Title : Warlord of Ayodhya - Resurrection
Author : Shatrujeet Nath
Genre : Mythology
Publisher : Jaico Books
What happened to Kosala after Ram? The book begins from here, when Bharat takes the responsibility of Kosala. The rule...
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Independence
Title : Independence
Author : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Genre : Historical Fiction
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers India
Set in the backdrop of pre-independence, independence and partition, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Independence takes us through the horrific partition and its...
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Forests and Faeries
Title : Forests and Faeries
Author : Srivalli Rekha
Genre : Fantasy
Publisher : Room9 Publications
Who doesn’t wish to be transported to a magical land. That is what ‘Forests and Faeries does to the reader. Let me...
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Chanakya’s Chant
Title : Chanakya’s Chant
Author : Ashwin Sanghi
Genre : Thriller
Publisher: Harper Collins
Chanakya - a name synonymous with economics and finance. What was his chant? Why this title? With these questions in mind, I started reading...
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Burnt Shadows
Title : Burnt Shadows
Author : Kamila Shamsie
Genre : Historical Fiction
A novel based on some unforgettable historical happenings. Burnt Shadows tells us the tale of Hiroko Tanaka, a resident of Nagasaki, well now you get...
Poetry
Scars Etched for Eternity
In English we say, I was bullied
But in poetry …
Laughed upon and scorned
By people who took others for granted.
Physically and verbally they abused,
And… that was endured in silence.
Lest they knew, and probably cared a...